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Torsby Municipality
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Torsby Municipality (Torsby kommun) is a municipality in Värmland Coonty in wast central Swaden, borderin Norawa. Its seat is locatit in the toun o Torsby.
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Torsby Municipality Torsby kommun | |
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Kintra | Swaden |
Coonty | Värmland Coonty |
Seat | Torsby |
Area | |
• Total | 4357.44 km2 (1,682.42 sq mi) |
• Laund | 4162.19 km2 (1,607.03 sq mi) |
• Water | 195.25 km2 (75.39 sq mi) |
Aurie as o Januar 1, 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2021)[2] | |
• Total | 11,472 |
• Density | 2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Värmland |
Municipal code | 1737 |
Website | www.torsby.se |
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The name Torsby means Thor's veelage.
The present municipality consists o aicht oreeginal local govrenment entities (as o 1863): Dalby, Fryksände, Lekvattnet, Norra Finnskoga, Norra Ny, Nyskoga, Södra Finnskoga, Vitsand an Östmark. In 1952 they wur groupit intae fower lairger units an in 1974 they wur aw unitit.
There are lots of Finnish heritage in Torsby Municipality.